Belt for brake wheels



Feb. 27, 1923.

' D. THOMAS.

BELT Fare BRAKE WHEELS.

FILED SEPT. 19| 192i fx-vomas INVENTOR 1v1/A011111', l

Paie-ina ree. 27, i923.

1,446,8.62 grrics.)

Denim; frnoivins,` or YoUNG'srowN, orrro BELT non BRAKE WHEELS.

Application led September To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known, that DANIEL THoMiis, citi! zen of the United States of America, lre-1 siding at Youngstown, in the county of Ma honing and State of Ohio, hasinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Beltsr` for Brake 1Wheels, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to certain new and. useful improvements in belts for brakewheels, and is an improvement on my Patent No. 825,089. This improvement has -for its object to provide a novel form for.

securing the ends of said belt from all danger of being broken or injured. by a sudden application or" the belt to a brake-wheel. y

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel form ofiastening the ends 'of a belt consisting of a number of elements, each of which is strong and durable when combined to form a belt the longevity of which is materially increased. 4 v y Another object of ,the invention is to actuating mechanism for operating the belt to brake a wheel.

In the construction of the belt I may use any desirable material, such as is known to the art, but in using the improved end fastening I prefer to use a belt constructed along the lines set 'forth in my patent above referred to. In this construction Il have used leather or raw-hide, fibre or wood, or strands of wire interlaced and woven so as to cushion both the brake band `and the wheel when the brake is applied. y

This `invention aims to eliminate danger to a great degree which is common in operating cranes, lifting molten iron' or steel. Should the brake band break the operators or those assisting in the operationl about the mill, are'in extreme danger.

This form oi belt for brakefwheels adapts itself to the surfacev of the brakef ner surface of said .19, 1921.' Serial No. 501,559.

wheel,.which is 'not the case invithe use-of steel brake bandsv and the like.

` IZVith 'the abovel and other objects iniview, which will more readily appear as the naf;

ture of the invention is fbetterunderstood,"

the same consists in the novel construction,

combination, and arrangement of-"partsgto be hereinafter more fullyvdescribedfand? v v 65 In order that my invention may be fully claimed. -v

understood, reference will herein be had to the -accompanying drawing, illustrating `the preferred'embodiment of my invention, and

throughout the several views of which like numerals of reference designate the corre-l spo-nding parts.

:Figure l is afside`elevation-of ajbraken wheel and my improved brake bandV or belu Figure 2 is adetail sectional view ofthe end portions of said belt. f

F igure is` a cross-sectionof tion of my improved brake band or belt.

1F igure 4 is a :detail view showing the strands of wirev in position on` one of the clamping members. r

Figure is a detail View. v To put my. invent-ion into practice, I con# struct a belt 1 which` may operate upon a wheel 2. As this belt 1 is constructed of a plurality of materials, including strands ot' the end lpor-f wire, I have arrangedya means `for securing the same. In doing this I have provided an outer clamping v'member 3, andan inner clamping `*member 4. Thisv clamping mem-` ber 3 is provided at its extreme outer end with an enlargement to be used in bendingin the strand ends 6 of the strands of wire andy wires so asto form a'wedge shaped end within this extreme outer end 5 Vwhich is enlarged so as to properly hold .the same.

By referring' to Figure 3 it will beseen I have provided downturned flanges 4i" formed on the edges of the clamping mem-` bers 3 and 4. These clamping members and 4 are securely held in engagement by means of rivets 8 and a plurality of gripping members 9 projectingoutward from the inconstruction, operation and advantagesl of the herein described belt and ends for the clamping members 3,

stretching characseme, Wl be apparent Without further de .scrptcn-- lt s,v however, desirable to pour babbtt 0r other metal into the extreme outer end 5 after the stralrll` ends 6 have. been doubled n, thereby makng', Wedge shaped end, which securely holds the seme` from slipping Within the clamping members 3 and 4L.

What I claim:

l. A; combination of e brake band of the type described consisting of lee'then' bre5 steel cables and Wires,` the same being," sinn ously arranged With two clamping members rem the inner surfaces of seid clamping members9 substantially es el'escrbed.7

2. In e device of the class described, two clamping' members adapted to be riveted to belt ends, Hang's formed on the edges of said clamping members, en enlarged end on said clamping members7 and means for securing nturned portions of the belt ends7 substantially es described for the purpose setforth.

ln testlmony whereof E affix my slgneture. I

` QUEL Tnet/Lw.

`/v't-nesses MARTHA B.' MCCRTNEY, C. A. HARPMAN. 

